MONDAY, JUNE 11 Today terrorist Timothy McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection for the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people on April 19, 1995. Though many were expecting a public apology for his crimes, McVeigh was staunchly unrepentant. Outside the prison, many of the survivors of the bombing watched with mixed emotions. […]
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MONDAY, JUNE 4 According to geriatric ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, all we need is love, and all we DON’T need is landmines. Apparently having a lot of time on his hands, McCartney and latest gal-pal Heather Mills launched a new campaign today that intends to rid the world of these pesky exploding terrors. As the aging […]
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MONDAY, MAY 28 Jesus! What does a President’s daughter gotta do to get a drink around here? President Bush’s 19-year-old twin teenage daughters (Jenna and Barbara) found themselves in deep doo-doo once again for attempting to illegally purchase alcohol. The girls were whooping it up south-of-the-border style in an Austin Mexican restaurant, and were busted […]
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Hi, everybody! To celebrate my one-year anniversary of writing One Day at a Time, I’ve chosen a sampling of my best (read: grotesque, disturbing) work. Love! Ann MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 Today was another banner day for the Portland Mercury, as two of our editorial staff were arrested and thrown in jail–and get this, on […]
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MONDAY, MAY 14 His holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Portland today to the cheers of thousands of well-wishers (many of whom were not even Buddhists!). Students from Portland and Southwest Washington poured into Memorial Coliseum to hear him speak on topics as diverse as positive mental attitude, the unimportance of material gain, and the […]
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MONDAY, MAY 7 Poor, poor P. Diddy! Believe it or don’t, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Sean “Puffy” Combs, the recently acquitted rap impresario, is STILL carrying a torch for the bootylicious Jennifer “J. Lo” Lopez who kicked his ass to the curb this past Valentine’s Day. According to Mr. Diddy, he is absolutely […]
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MONDAY, APRIL 30 In a case that will surely change the way the justice system works in this country, actor Tom Cruise is ready to step into court and (somehow) prove he is not gay. For years Cruise has been battling the rumors, but finally blew his non-gay wig when a homosexual porn star/ wrestler […]
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MONDAY, APRIL 23 Let it be known that hardly anything shocks One Day at a Time. Every week we dig deep into the national and local media to bring you the most salacious, atrocity-ridden news bits that can brighten up even the most boring breakfast. Whether it’s murder, natural disaster, or wedding announcements, One Day […]
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MONDAY, APRIL 16 Today started with no small measure of anxiety (and not just because of Oregon’s overcomplicated tax forms). Aaron Sorkin, the Emmy-winning creator of our favorite show, The West Wing, was arrested on felony drug-possession charges after police allegedly caught him at the Burbank Airport with a hefty bag of “magic mushrooms.” After […]
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MONDAY, APRIL 9 It was most certainly NOT a good weekend for poor Steve Buscemi who, while filming a movie in Wilmington, North Carolina, was stabbed in the face, throat, and arm in a bar brawl on Friday. Though he is resting comfortably today, the star of Trees Lounge still looked like his character in […]
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MONDAY APRIL 02 Today turned out to be a particularly bad day for George W. Bush, who was humiliated by one of the world’s greatest living entertainers, Barbra Streisand. In a blistering, invective-filled, three-page memo sent to top Democrats in Washington, Babs accused Bush of stealing the election “though family ties, arrogance, and intimidation, employing […]
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BENECIO DEL TORO?
The latest and freshest scoop on the actor Portland just can’t seem to get enough of… Benicio Del Toro!
Totally True, Wholly Uncorroborated Benicio Encounters Oscar-winner and hubba-hubba hunk Benicio Del Toro is in Portland, and there hasn’t been this much ado in Stumptown since last year’s Rose Queen tore off her brassiere and ran shrieking from her float and court. The Oregonian and Portland Tribune have been breathlessly reporting Benicio sightings for weeks, […]